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Ali Schwartz
SCWA invites you to hear Dr. Nicole Brady, Chief Medical Officer for UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin, talk about the latest updates related to COVID 19, mutations to the virus, and COVID 19 vaccine safety and efficacy. This 45-minute session will present new information of interest to educators now eligible for vaccination. The last 15 minutes will be open for Q&A. Dr. Brady is a family physician and continues to see patients on a limited basis in the Fox Valley. We think you’ll enjoy her personal, conversational style. This is your chance to ask a medical expert about the new vaccines.
Read MoreThe focus of this seminar is to help school personnel prepare for the choice audit and know what they will be expected to provide to their auditors in the fall. Video 1 (above) provides an introduction to the fall audit process and goes into detail about the procedures that are required by DPI in order to determine the total payments that a school will receive. Video 2 (below) covers the fiscal and internal practices agreed upon procedure engagement. It covers the basics of the fiscal practices report. The report’s purpose is to determine if your school is financially viable and…
Read MoreThis seminar, presented by Infinity Benefit Solutions, covers the advantages of choice school partnerships for health insurance cost savings. They include: Cost Savings Risk pooling and community ratings Bundled discounts Ease of Administration Customized plan options based on modeling of like programs across the nation Full service COBRA programs Better Outcomes Richer offerings on ancillary benefits Access to one on one Medicare experts To hear the audio presentation, click on the slideshow. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. Download the PDF
Read MoreFor Immediate Release Contact: Jim Bender, Government Affairs and Public Policy Consultant School Choice Wisconsin Brookfield, WI – The following is a statement from School Choice Wisconsin’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Consultant, Jim Bender on Governor Evers’ budget provision calling for the freezing of enrollment in the Parental Choice Programs: “There is a clear divide in education in Wisconsin today – not between public and private, but between open and closed. One small, but very influential camp, is utilizing resources to force kids to stay home, the other is working night and day to provide in-person instruction in a…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release Contact: Jim Bender, School Choice Wisconsin [email protected] 414.319.9160 Brookfield, WI – In celebration of National School Choice Week, School Choice Wisconsin is releasing an OnMessage statewide education poll that shows Wisconsin parents have a strong desire for educational flexibility during the COVID pandemic. School Choice Wisconsin commissioned the poll of 800 Wisconsin likely voters in the late fall of 2020 to collect reactions to school closures, enrollment options and other aspects of parental empowerment in education. Major findings: 62% want schools to be open with some form of in-person education. (Yesterday, the CDC released a study supporting…
Read More(Audio) Many schools have reached out to us with questions about the recent change in Special Needs Scholarship Program administrative rules and how they might affect your school’s participation. If you are currently in the SNSP or considering the program, and were not able to join the conference all on 12/18/19, you can listen to the recording through the link below. We’ll review the expiration of Emergency Rule 1911 and what you should expect moving forward. school choice · SNSP Administrative Changes 12/18/19
Read MoreFrom the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Milwaukee schools and universities that have been planning to offer face-to-face instruction this fall may need to shift gears after the city health department quietly enacted stricter guidelines for when in-person classes may resume.” Later in the article, Jim Bender explained that schools had been blindsided by Milwaukee area health officials, “Nobody saw this coming. Schools did not have any sort of consultative role in these changes. And they didn’t get any communication from the health department that the changes were being made.” Read the entire article.
Read MoreWisconsin Program Sees 37% Growth Enrollment for the Parental Choice Programs for 2019-20 show significant growth once again per DPI. Please see the tables below for headcount data and important information about DPI data releases meant to mislead the media/public with regards to prior year enrollment. “Year over year, the Parental Choice Programs continue to grow across Wisconsin,” Jim Bender said. “Combined with public school open enrollment and independent charters, more than 12% of students are educated with public dollars outside their resident district. That number continues to increase every year.” WPCP – District limits are at 4% of enrollment…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release September 12, 2019 Contact: Jim Bender DPI gets an “F” on transparency by withholding crucial data from media Test results released yesterday by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) show that again this year, students in the Parental Choice Programs are outperforming their full-income, public-school peers on the ACT. As with all test data, a one-year snapshot of raw data has limitations but the trend of higher scores for students on a voucher is great news for both students and taxpayers. New this year were the results of the Aspire Exam as part of the ACT suite.…
Read MoreWith State Budget Decisions Near, Study Shows ROI in Education is Clear A new study by Corey DeAngelis of the Reason Foundation calculates the productivity of public dollars for three education sectors in Wisconsin. By comparing local and state investments in the traditional public schools, independent charter schools and private schools in the Parental Choice Programs, the study compares the outputs in education based on the statewide report card developed by Governor Evers. The results are crystal clear – public dollars invested in the Parental Choice Programs and Independent Charters yield a much higher return. Milwaukee and Racine make up…
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